AI Mergers and Acquisitions
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September 2026
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Each month, CatchAll scans tens of thousands of web pages to surface confirmed AI-sector mergers and acquisitions – acquirer name, target company, announced deal value, sector focus, and announcement date. Rumours and unconfirmed reports are filtered out. Coverage spans AI infrastructure, foundation model companies, applied AI, and AI-enabled SaaS. May 2026 included 963 confirmed deals extracted from over 52,000 web pages.
AI company acquisition merger deal announced
Corporate development and M&A teams use it to benchmark deal activity and identify acquisition targets before they become widely discussed. VC and PE investors track it for portfolio intelligence and sector consolidation signals. Investment banks and strategy consultants use it to support market sizing and sector reports. Financial journalists covering the AI industry use it to quantify monthly deal volume.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Ai Focus Area</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Acquirer Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Acquired Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Status</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Amount</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">AMD Acquires World Labs for $8.2 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-28</td><td style="min-width:140px">spatial intelligence</td><td style="min-width:140px">AMD announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire World Labs</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">AMD announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire World Labs</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">8,200,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.arabictrader.com/ar/news/economy/230882/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A5%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B0-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A-world-labs-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-82-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.arabictrader.com/ar/news/economy/230882/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A5%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B0-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A-world-labs-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-82-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI for AI Runtime Protection</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-08-17</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI runtime protection and autonomous agent security</td><td style="min-width:140px">Multinational cybersecurity company Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) announced in São Paulo, in September 2026, the acquisition of Virtue AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Virtue AI, a company specialized in the protection of artificial intelligence at runtime</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://brasilinovador.com.br/fortinet-adquire-virtue-ai-para-expandir-a-seguranca-cibernetica-de-sistemas-orientados-por-agentes-autonomos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://brasilinovador.com.br/fortinet-adquire-virtue-ai-para-expandir-a-seguranca-cibernetica-de-sistemas-orientados-por-agentes-autonomos</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp to Merge with ELECTRA AI in $250M Deal</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-21</td><td style="min-width:140px">battery intelligence</td><td style="min-width:140px">IRON HORSE ACQUISITION II CORP (IRHO) announced on the 22nd the main commercial and strategic results achieved after the USD 250 million business combination agreement signed on April 21</td><td style="min-width:140px">merger</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">artificial intelligence battery intelligence platform company ELECTRA AI.</td><td style="min-width:140px">pending_approval</td><td style="min-width:140px">250,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.mk.co.kr/news/stock/12159792" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.mk.co.kr/news/stock/12159792</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Mistral AI Acquires Pimento</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-23</td><td style="min-width:140px">generative AI for advertising</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mistral AI has announced the acquisition of French startup Pimento</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mistral AI has announced the acquisition of French startup Pimento</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">12700000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://arabic.pressbee.net/show11012179.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://arabic.pressbee.net/show11012179.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Nvidia Acquisition of Hugging Face for $13 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-03</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI model sharing platform</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nvidia, the world's largest company by market capitalization</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">has closed the acquisition of the start-up Hugging Face</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">12,930,300,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://elpais.com/economia/2026-09-03/nvidia-se-hace-con-hugging-face-por-11200-millones-en-una-de-las-mayores-compras-de-su-historia.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://elpais.com/economia/2026-09-03/nvidia-se-hace-con-hugging-face-por-11200-millones-en-una-de-las-mayores-compras-de-su-historia.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">Anthropic Terminates $6 Billion Acquisition of Decart AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-07</td><td style="min-width:140px">generative AI (AI video generation)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Anthropic has dropped plans to acquire Decart AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">Anthropic has dropped plans to acquire Decart AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">terminated</td><td style="min-width:140px">6,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/tech-top-5/indias-crypto-shopping-hack-centre-eyes-metas-us-child-safeguards/articleshow/133927283.cms" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/tech-top-5/indias-crypto-shopping-hack-centre-eyes-metas-us-child-safeguards/articleshow/133927283.cms</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">SKYX Platforms Merges with Deako</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-10</td><td style="min-width:140px">smart home AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">SKYX Platforms Corp. (NASDAQ: SKYX) today announced it has signed a merger agreement with U.S. AI smart home Silicon Valley backed company Deako Inc.</td><td style="min-width:140px">merger</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced it has signed a merger agreement with U.S. AI smart home Silicon Valley backed company Deako Inc.</td><td style="min-width:140px">pending_approval</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://dealroom.co/news/150040-skyx-to-acquire-smart-home-firm-deako-in-stock-and-cash-merger" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dealroom.co/news/150040-skyx-to-acquire-smart-home-firm-deako-in-stock-and-cash-merger</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Cohere Formalizes Merger with Aleph Alpha</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-16</td><td style="min-width:140px">sovereign AI / generative AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">Canadian AI company Cohere and German startup Aleph Alpha also formalized a previously announced merger in a bid to better compete with American tech giants.</td><td style="min-width:140px">merger</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">Canadian AI company Cohere and German startup Aleph Alpha also formalized a previously announced merger in a bid to better compete with American tech giants.</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced/signed (pending regulatory clearance)</td><td style="min-width:140px">20000000000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/16/build-data-centres-here-or-rent-from-neighbours-ai-minister-says" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/16/build-data-centres-here-or-rent-from-neighbours-ai-minister-says</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">GoPro $285M Merger Deal for AI Data Centers</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI data centers</td><td style="min-width:140px">GoPro</td><td style="min-width:140px">merger</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">Under the terms of the merger, GoPro's shareholders will get a cash payment of $285 million</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">285,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/gopro-pivots-to-ai-data-centers-in-285m-merger-deal/story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/gopro-pivots-to-ai-data-centers-in-285m-merger-deal/story</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">NVIDIA Licensing and Acqui-Hire Deal with Grock for $14.4 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-12-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">inference chip technology</td><td style="min-width:140px">U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether NVIDIA's licensing agreement with AI semiconductor startup Grock</td><td style="min-width:140px">other</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">NVIDIA's licensing agreement with AI semiconductor startup Grock</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">20,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/023/0003997934" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/023/0003997934</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">SoundHound AI Acquisition of LivePerson</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-21</td><td style="min-width:140px">interactive AI</td><td style="min-width:140px">SoundHound AI finalized the acquisition of LivePerson on September 4 (local time).</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">SoundHound AI finalized the acquisition of LivePerson on September 4 (local time).</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">250,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://m.datatooza.com/article/202609030621204308cd1e7479aa_80" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://m.datatooza.com/article/202609030621204308cd1e7479aa_80</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Salesforce in Talks to Acquire Listen Labs for $2 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-10</td><td style="min-width:140px">AI-powered customer research</td><td style="min-width:140px">Salesforce has entered into talks to acquire Listen Labs</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">Salesforce has entered into talks to acquire Listen Labs</td><td style="min-width:140px">rumored</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://jawlah.co/64211" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://jawlah.co/64211</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<h3>What qualifies as an AI deal in this dataset?</h3><p>Any confirmed acquisition or merger where the target company's primary business is AI-related – foundation models, AI infrastructure, AI-enabled software, or applied AI products. Deals under letter of intent only, or unconfirmed by either party, are excluded.</p><h3>What sources does CatchAll scan to identify deals?</h3><p>Regulatory filings, financial news publications, company press releases, and business wire services – over 52,000 web pages per monthly edition.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>